Gabon
AFRICA CUP 2015
Nations Cup appearances: 5
Best result: Quarter-finals (1996, 2012)
Coach: Jorge Costa (Portugal)
Key player: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Fifa ranking: 62
Gabon were one of four teams to qualify unbeaten (along with South Africa, Cameroon and Tunisia).
They have won only won one match away from home at a Nations Cup finals - when beating Zaire (now DR Congo) in 1996.
Gabon co-hosted the finals in 2012 along with Equatorial Guinea.
African sides have learned who they will face
Lionel Messi links up with Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba to lay the first stone of new venue.
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Gabon midfielder Frederic Bulot has signed a two-year deal with French Ligue 1 side Reims.
Sierra Leone, Malawi and Ethiopia lose out on latest Fifa rankings.
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Qualified teams
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Royal Leopards beat AS Vita Club in Confederation Cup.
Gabon intends to use its successful bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nation as a platform to win the tournament for the first time.
